Public Affairs
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A level and GCSE Results in 2020: This year it was (and still is) personal!
The spotlight shone on this year’s exam results process served to highlight the long-standing recognition of the influence of social…
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Reconsidering representations of a complex past
Academics Joanne Murphy and Sara McDowell outline the ongoing debate around the future of historic public memorials in Northern Ireland…
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Jerome Quinn: Guardian of grassroots Gaelic games coverage
Once the voice and indeed the face of GAA coverage in the North, Jerome Quinn’s acrimonious split with his BBC…
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A meeting of minds
In 1972 a fresh-faced film producer travelled from England, camera in tow, to meet the then youngest MP, determined to…
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The all-Ireland Green Party
One of the major talking points regarding the Programme for Government negotiations in the Republic of Ireland was the vote…
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Bill explainer: Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
As a Private Member’s Bill, the Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is one of just two bills since the…
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Disremembering: Remembering to forget
The contribution of revolutionary Ulster Presbyterians to the Society of United Irishmen and subsequent 1798 Rebellion is an important and…
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Facial recognition technology: A human rights perspective
St Mary’s University College Belfast Senior Lecturer in Politics, Dr Birgit Schippers speaks to agendaNi about the hot topic of…
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Sticking plaster solutions not adequate
The recently published Framework for Rebuilding Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland is not the necessary roadmap needed for…
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No going back
It is amazing what human beings can get used to, and very quickly when we have to, writes the ICTU’s…
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